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Why do people hate people?

Protests are one way people speak up on behalf of a specific group. FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images by Kristine Hoover, Gonzaga University and Yolanda...

Hate crimes laws passed in Washington have been remarkably ineffective in protecting LGBTQ people for decades

A painted rainbow peels off a wall in Laramie, Wyo., where nearly 26 years ago Matthew Shepard was killed. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty...

Hate crimes are on the rise − but the narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convict

Dylann Roof, who killed nine worshippers at a Black church in South Carolina in 2015, was convicted of 33 charges, including hate crimes. Grace...

White House plan to combat antisemitism needs to take on centuries of hatred, discrimination and even lynching in America

by Pamela S. Nadell, American University As reported antisemitic incidents in the U.S. in 2022 soared to an all-time high, the White House began developing...

Suspect in the Colorado LGBTQ shootings faces hate crimes charges – what exactly are they?

by Jeannine Bell, Loyola University Chicago The 22-year-old suspected shooter at a gay night club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, who allegedly killed five and injured...

Asian American mothers confront pandemic, anti-Asian hate, caregiving

by Miliann Kang, UMass Amherst and C.N. Le, UMass Amherst In memory of the Atlanta massage spas shootings on March 16, 2021, that killed eight...

Homicides of transgender women in US reach alarming high

For a few transgender Americans, this has been a year of glamour and fame. For many others, 2015 has been fraught with danger, violence...

Prosecutor: Church shooting suspect to face death penalty

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The White man accused of killing nine Black churchgoers in what authorities said was a racially motivated crime during Bible...

A hate crime is a hate crime no matter the color of the perpetrator

*There isn’t much left in the way of pejoratives that can’t and haven’t been said about Vester Flanagan. He was disturbed, deranged, a psychopath, maniacal,...

'Amazing Grace'…Obama delivers passionate race lecture at eulogy

 CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama delivered a passionate discourse on America's racial history Friday in his eulogy for a state senator and...

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